from ever making the perilous journey. germany's finance minister in surprise visit and then berlin will stand shoulder to shoulder with ukraine as it tries to push back its russian invaders. i am brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs and the united states and to all of you around the well, welcome. on this monday, the governor on the u.s. state of hawaii is warning that the death toll from the maui wildfires will likely rise significantly. search crews are moving street by street through some of the areas hardest hit by the blazes

and they are describing the wildfire devastation as more like a war zone. >> they are trying to escape mao as deadly wildfires. >> we are at a dead-end. we are standing with our backs to this building. we are looking at each other and my son was like mom, is this it? what do you tell your kids? >> over 2000 buildings were damaged or destroyed as the fire tore through this historic town. rescue and relief operations have intensified on maui island to supply survivors with food,

water and shelter with thousands left homeless. hawaii's governor says the death toll is likely to rise. >> families will come together but there is a lot of loss here. i think we will see significantly higher numbers. they knew and loved his neighbors. >> the u.s. is dead this wildfires in more than a century say the actions of attorneys contributed to the scale of disaster. but they say they have received no warnings.

they hope that lahaina is able to rebuild and return to the town, it was before the flames hit. >> what or who is being held responsible. >> investigations are ongoing but the fact that you had very strong hurricane went and dry conditions in much of hawaii by the time this happened, that of course contributed to the wildfires. but we are also seeing is multiple points of failure in the preparedness and the response. hawaii has the world's largest warning system but the sirens did not sound how they needed to. perhaps power outages impeded

their receipt of these messages. hawaii electric is now facing a lawsuit for allegedly keeping his power lines up during the presence of very strong winds and that could be something that contributed to the wildfires. at the same time, there are reports that the water supply collapsed during rescue operations and firefighters trying to fight the blaze, they find the fire hydrants empty. authorities are facing a lot of scrutiny at the moment. >> would have authorities been saying about the response? >> the attorney general is currently leading the critical

decision-making before and after the event but what we keep hearing over and over is it is the speed with which these wildfires spread so we are talking a mile a minute. that made the response especially difficult. they simply did not see this coming and they were unprepared for the speed with which all this unfolded. that is why we are talking about the dentist wildfires in u.s. history in over a century. >> hawaii's governor saying this death toll is likely to rise significantly. why is it taking so long to identify the victims? >> simply because there is so much granted covered. thousands of abandoned vehicles,

thousands of burned out vehicles. there is so much ground to cover over the weekend. only 3% of the disaster area had been covered so far. in terms of identification, you can imagine. that compounds the loss felt by the residents of maui. >> thank you. the united nations as it is extremely concerned about reports that these's coup are planning to charge the president that they ousted with treason. they have criticized the coup leaders saying that a move like this would contradict the regime's declared willingness to resolve this crisis peacefully. >> for days now, these years mr. president has been held in

captivity by the country's new military rulers. now, the coup leaders are threatening to prosecute the former president. c1consequences of the coup firsthand. economic sanctions from neighboring countries have it hard including power cuts imposed by nigeria. some businesses only get around 90 minutes of electricity per day.

>> niger's economy is in danger of collapsing. i think the aim is to prevent them from being able to destroy themselves and will peacefully. >> in spite of the difficult economic outlook, the prime minister told dw in an inclusive interview that he is not worried about the situation. >> life is made up of challenges. even if these imposed challenges are unjust, we think we should be able to bend together to overcome them. we will prevail. >> the military has held propaganda shows in order to build support. in the stadium, thousands have turned out to watch members of the military perform as the new leadership spread -- strengthens its grip on power.

>> we are covering the story from neighboring nigeria. >> they have evidence, very strong evidence according to them. these are serious charges. we are moving away from the whole conversation they are having.

this is our usual situation. the questions are one of the basis of prosecuting? they are strong in voicing their opinions. following this new development. >> this comes as nigeria's military leaders have said they would consider a diplomatic solution together with ego loss. how does that fit with what we are seeing here? the coup leaders trying to charge and put the president on trial?

>> quick contradictory. these two leaders were met. some have interpreted that as a contradictory statement. that is an indication that these coup leaders are not really bad and they are interested in some peaceful resolution. some people say yes.

they're open to exploring diplomatic options of peaceful resolution. quick let me ask you. what about popular support for the coup leaders? >> that has not wavered. even up until now, they are

fighting for the sanctions but the support has not wavered. >> thank you. will the political instability of poverty in niger push more people to migrate to europe? boatloads of people have been sending off from north africa. this is one the most dangerous migration routes. >> cheers across the mediterranean as people on this packed boat spot rescuers. they ran into trouble after departing from libya a day earlier. leaving the 76 people on board stranded.

including 24 children. there are more than 90,000 people that set off from italy's chores but an increasing number of migrants are dying on the treacherous journey. as the total rises, so does the pressure on governments to act. authorities are desperate for help. thousands of people have arrived there in recent days. >> we are in the center of the mediterranean and we can turn my -- turn away if there are people asking for help. we really need a european sea rescue force. >> many migrants leave north

africa. the eu has agreed to pay more than 100 million euros to reduce the flow of migrants. they also help to cover costs. groups working with refugees and migrants say much more is needed to create safer pathways to europe without people risking the dangerous mediterranean crossing. >> let's look at headlines around the world. a list of criminal charges against donald trump has appeared on the fulton county website in the u.s. state of georgia. charges were later removed from the website. they included racketeering, conspiracy and false statements. the former u.s. president has not been indicted but they are investigating whether trump and his allies meddled in the 2020 election results.

they are warning that businesses linked to sweden should increase vigilance. last month, demonstrated storm the swedish embassy in baghdad. the former pakistani senator has been sworn in as pakistan's prime minister. the country's constitution called for them to be held. flights to and from the sicilian city of catania were suspended after an overnight eruption of nearby mount edna. the italian volcano spewed lava and asked.

when he was asked about whether or not germany will supply ukraine with cruise missiles, he did not make any promises. >> he arrived in the ukrainian capital by train on monday morning. his first visit to germany as finance minister. he came to underline the message of support for the ukrainian people. >> i am convinced ukraine was attacked by russia because it adopted for the community of liberal democracies and against the authoritarianism of putin. it was attacked because it wants to overcome oligarchy

capitalism. at establish a stronger market economy. it was attacked because it opted for an open society. germany has provided 22 billion euros in direct support for ukraine since the start of the all-out war. just over half of that for military assistance. in a joint press conference with ukraine's finance minister, he pledged more money for the coming years. ukraine must win this war. it is not our responsibility to make sure that ukraine's ability to keep going is always greater than the viciousness of putin's war.

the german government is currently weighing out that decision. he indicated he would back tourists. since i know that many like myself have sympathy, i hope these questions will be clarified very soon. those words will be very welcome in kyiv which is short today more help from germany and other countries in the years ahead. >> the german finance minister words sounded like music to kyiv's ears but did they need germany delivering cruise missiles is a done deal? >> that is right. they both support for delivering the weapons. these cruise missiles, the taurus muscles that germany have have a very long range.

schultz has said he does not want to be pressured into making that decision before he is ready. he does not want to appeared to give in to pressure for just ukraine or any other government. the u.s. has also refused to send long-range cruise missiles. this is why ukraine once these so much. they are a big threat to russia. not only can they hit behind enemy lines but they have arranged long enough to hit moscow which would significantly update -- up the ante here and an invasion of ukraine. so far they have been fairly immune to ukrainian attacks. that is why germany has not given the green light to this. germany has promised 5 billion euros of military aid annually for the foreseeable future.

as long as it takes. >> that was our correspondent reporting. the right to education, the right to work, freedom of movement and human rights

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♪ anchor: hawaii's governor warning the death toll could triple in the wake of the devastating fires. already at least 96 confirmed dead. we join our reporter at the scene for the latest on the devastation caused and the aid that cannot arrive soon enough. niger's deposed president faces a possible death penalty after charges of